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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Quadtone Rip on Epson 4000 vs MIS UT-FS ink on Epson 4000

2008-04-11 by Arthur Fink

At 04:23 PM 4/10/2008, dlruckus wrote:

>Hi Arthur. I'm not sure what you are asking for. Perhaps it's the same
>for others. I will give it a go just on general principal so forgive
>if I have misunderstood your query.
>
>If you're asking whether Quads will be better on the 4000 than on the
>3000 the only answer is that they will certainly be less dotty, with a
>much smaller drop and twice the horizontal resolution capability.
>Beyond that, a quad is a quad so if properly set up and linearized
>should work the same I would assume. If, on the other hand, you are
>asking about using multiple grays as in a carbon6 or eboni6 inkset,
>either would very likely be an improvement in smoothness in addition
>to the dot size and resolution.
>
>If you are talking BO on the 4000 against the 3000 Quad then the
>answer is most probably "No", it would not be better IMHO.

I'm asking to compare

         UT-FS (quad-tone) on an Epson 3000

         Regular Epson Ink + Quad-tone-rip (QTR) on an Epson 4000


Arthur

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